Authorities say they were stabbed to death at a Farmington, NH, home in January of 2017.

As Verrill awaits trial, a judge has granted the state’s request to access recordings of an Amazon Echo smart speaker. The speaker was in the kitchen at the time Sullivan was killed.

“I think most people probably don’t even realize that Alexa is taking account of what’s going on in your house, in addition to responding to your demands and commands,” Scherr said.

Scherr said this is becoming more common.

Prosecutors believe the Echo which uses Alexa voice commands might have recorded audio of the moment Sullivan was attacked as well as the removal of her body.

State police have the speaker and now the judge is telling Amazon to turn over the recordings from its server.

“The attorney general’s office is smart not just to say ‘hey, we got possession of Alexa,’ so to speak,” Scherr said. “We can do whatever we want with it. They were smart to get an order from the court.”

As for Amazon, it said it will not release anything until a proper legal demand has been served.